. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. Spiders. DEATH AND ITS DISGUISES. 439 The third and fourth pairs of legs are folded in an easy position upon the venter. Applying a magnifying lens to these legs, one can see that they are connected by threads, whicli are attached to the spinnerets in the ordinary way, showing that the arancad is by no means unconscious of and indififcrent to hor usual methods of escape. I give three other drawings which present in natural size three po
. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits. Spiders. DEATH AND ITS DISGUISES. 439 The third and fourth pairs of legs are folded in an easy position upon the venter. Applying a magnifying lens to these legs, one can see that they are connected by threads, whicli are attached to the spinnerets in the ordinary way, showing that the arancad is by no means unconscious of and indififcrent to hor usual methods of escape. I give three other drawings which present in natural size three positions assumed by Epeira trifolium while death feigning. Two of these (Figs. 369 and 370) represent her lying upon lier back with her claws doub- Trifoli- lejj ^p [^ tj^g manner previously described of the Labyrinth spider, K+^H ^"""^ showing the same readiness to immediately relax the limbs and assume the ordinary position. The third drawing (Fig. 371) shows the spinnerets and two fourth pairs of legs holding on to the apex of little pyramids of threads which had been instantly thrown out just as the spider passed into its death feigning condition. One third leg may also be noticed, reaching downward to the spinnerets, and holding on to a line which had been outspun at the same time. This action in itself seemed to me sufficient indication that the spider retained entire control of her faculties. Instead of falling at once into. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911. [Philadelphia] The Author, Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia
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